Simple Tricks to score well in Examinations

Everyone has one of those days when you think that you will not be able to handle the pressure that comes with examinations. With most of the exams just around the corner, I would want you to take some time out today and go through this page. Like I said that everyone has one of those days during exam preparation where you would be more stressed than you are required to be. There is no harm in being stressed, but just like calculated risk- stress also needs to be controlled and should not be taking you over. The thing with a limited amount of stress is that it will keep you motivated and keep pushing you to do better. This page is going to showcase how you can prepare well and make your preparation the gateway to scoring well. No exam is that difficult if you prepare well for it and also smartly. There are some simple tips and tricks that will make this time of turmoil easier for you.  Set achievable goals The best way to start anything is to know the desired result and what you want to achieve out of it. It is just as important to make these goals achievable and not to set goals which are not in reach. Identify your goal in concrete terms and then start working for them in order to resolve the same. 
Everyone has one of those days when you think that you will not be able to handle the pressure that comes with examinations. With most of the exams just around the corner, I would want you to take some time out today and go through this page. Like I said that everyone has one of those days during exam preparation where you would be more stressed than you are required to be. There is no harm in being stressed, but just like calculated risk- stress also needs to be controlled and should not be taking you over. The thing with a limited amount of stress is that it will keep you motivated and keep pushing you to do better. This page is going to showcase how you can prepare well and make your preparation the gateway to scoring well. No exam is that difficult if you prepare well for it and also smartly. There are some simple tips and tricks that will make this time of turmoil easier for you.  Set achievable goals The best way to start anything is to know the desired result and what you want to achieve out of it. It is just as important to make these goals achievable and not to set goals which are not in reach. Identify your goal in concrete terms and then start working for them in order to resolve the same. 
Make a timetable or a plan The moment you develop an achievable goal, it should be followed by a timetable of sorts. You should know the time you have left on your hands and what course/ subject/ topic is to be completed by when. This is not only going to make things easier but will act as a daily progress report along with regulating the daily workload. Select your study style First and foremost it is important that you realize that no two people can match all their preferences and choices. Similarly it is important to know that it is not essential that the study style of one suits the other. So it is important that before making the effort of studying for your exams you know your study style and then stick to it. Adapting your study method to suit your own natural style will enable you to produce powerful results in less time. Time take out for studying Recent studies have shown that the human brain is most active between 5 am to 8 am in the morning and in the evening between 7 pm to 11 pm. Thereof students who take time out during this time to study have shown to have more retention power in comparison with others. Taking breaks There is nothing more important than taking regular short breaks when you are studying. It is essential that you give your mind regular intervals of free time to make the things you’ve studied get absorbed much better. During these breaks try and give yourself some fresh air. It is important that you do so instead of sitting for continuous hours and making yourself more tired. Don’t cram There is difference in cramming and rote learning; where it sometimes beneficial to learn things by repetition, cramming cannot get the same results. While cramming everything can often result in forgetting everything but remember that making brief notes can help prove very useful. Use creative techniques to relate It is not essential that you are able to study everything with the same amount of interest. There will be topics which you will think are out of your grasp or too boring to study. Mnemonics, repetition, flash card, word associations, making funny rhymes, etc are all tactics which can get you to relate to the topic in hand and therefore learning the topic well. Exercise and eat well The biggest blunder to be committed during examination time is depriving your mind, body and soul of healthy food and good exercise. Your body needs nourishment to keep up with the studying as well. Sleep for a minimum of six to eight hours to keep your body rejuvenated. Avoid eating junk food and give your body some workout- just enough to refresh your body but not to tire yourself out. I hope these tips and trick keep you on top of your game and make you chose the correct way of going about your studying when preparing for your examinations. Make sure you adopt some of the points mentioned above and also adapt them to suit your requirements.

Beating Nervousness in SSB

It is very common to get nervous before anything important in your life. For those of you, who have had the dream of wearing the uniform since an infinite period of time, it is natural to get nervous when you are just a few steps away from realizing this dream. It becomes even difficult to control getting nervous if you have great expectations to succeed in something. But this nervousness can affect your performance to a great extent. So here are a few tips which you can use to beat this nervousness:

1. There is nothing at stake. There is nothing to lose. All that can happen is gain only. So there is basically nothing to worry about. Keep these words in your mind.
2. Take deep breath. This will relax your mind to a great extent. People just hear this thing and ignore it but this can really be therapeutic. So next time when you are nervous just close your eyes and take a deep breath.
3. One great way to avoid nervousness is preparation. If you are preparing well in advance, there are much less likely ways that you’ll be nervous. So yes advance preparations help a lot.
4. One big way to avoid nervousness just before the interview is by not asking other what questions they were asked. Everybody is a unique person with unique personality, the questions in the interview are personality specific most of the time and if you hear other people’s questions they are most likely to differ from yours.
   
5. You can also avoid nervousness by not listening to other advises. It generally happens that we prepare in some way and then when we go in SSB, many people tell us many things, so we get confused and try to hear and follow a variety of things. This leads to further confusion.
6. Have confidence on yourself, your knowledge, your preparations. If you’ll not have confidence on yourself no one else will.
7. The best way to beat nervousness is to go forward and perform, especially in case of GT series. So think of points in GD, concentrate on the task that is being performed, just do your best instead of thinking much.
   
8. For lecturette you need to have strong points. When you speak you must speak like a leader. This is one task apart from interview in which the candidates feel a lot nervous. This is because you have to speak in front of so many people. Practice that before, at that time think that they are just your friends and you are master of the topic. Make direct eye contact and speak.
9. When you speak with direct eye contact, you appear confident, and when you see the other person listening to you with interest you forget every worry. So speak with confidence in interview as well.
10. Before every task mentally revise everything you need to do in that. This helps a lot, first of all it’ll instill confidence in you and secondly it’ll divert your energy in a positive direction.

source: http://www.ssbcrack.com/2014/11/beating-nervousness-in-ssb.html#more

History of India

The history of the Indian subcontinent begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens, as long as 75,000 years ago, or with earlier hominids including Homo erectus from about 500,000 years ago.^[1]

The Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India, was the first major civilization in South Asia.^[2] A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period, from 2600 to 1900 BCE.^[3] This civilization collapsed at the start of the second millennium BCE and was later followed by the Iron Age Vedic Civilization, which extended over much of the Indo-Gangetic plain and which witness the rise of major polities known as the Mahajanapadas. In one of these kingdoms, Magadha,Mahavira and Gautama Buddha propagated their Shramanic philosophies during the fifth and sixth century BCE.

Most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. Various parts of India were ruled by numerous Middle kingdoms for the next 1,500 years, among which the Gupta Empire stands out. This period, witnessing aHindu religious and intellectual resurgence, is known as the classical or "Golden Age of India". During this period, aspects of Indian civilization, administration, culture, and religion (Hinduism and Buddhism) spread to much of Asia, while kingdoms in southern India had maritime business links with the Roman Empire from around 77 CE. During this period Indian cultural influence spread over many parts of Southeast Asia which led to the establishment of Indianized kingdoms in Southeast Asia.^[4]

7th-11th centuries saw the Tripartite struggle between the Pala Empire, Rashtrakuta Empire, and Gurjara Pratihara Empire centered on Kannauj. Southern India saw the rule of the Chalukya Empire, Chola Empire, Pallava Empire, Pandyan Empire, and Western Chalukya Empire. The Chola dynasty conquered southern India and successfully invaded parts of Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka in the 11th century.^[5][6] The early medieval period Indian mathematics influenced the development of mathematics and astronomy in the Arab world and the Hindu numerals were introduced.^[7]

Muslim rule started in some parts of north India in the 13th century when the Delhi Sultanate was established in 1206 CE by the central asian Turks.^[8] The Delhi Sultanate ruled the major part of northern India in the early 14th century, but declined in the late 14th century, which saw the emergence of several powerful Hindu states like the Vijayanagara Empire, Gajapati Kingdom, Ahom Kingdom and Mewar dynasty. In the 16th century Mughals came from Central Asia and covered most of India gradually. The Mughal Empire suffered a gradual decline in the early 18th century, which provided opportunities for the Maratha Empire, Sikh Empire andMysore Kingdom to exercise control over large areas in the subcontinent.^[9][10]

Beginning in the late 18th century and over the next century, large areas of India were annexed by the British East India Company. Dissatisfaction with Company rule led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857, after which the British provinces of India were directly administered by the British Crown and witnessed a period of both rapid development of infrastructure and economic stagnation. During the first half of the 20th century, a nationwide struggle for independence was launched with the leading party involved being the Indian National Congress which was later joined by Muslim League as well.

The subcontinent gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, after the British provinces were partitioned into the dominions of India and Pakistan and the princely states all acceded to one of the new states.

source link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India